cellulose synthase (UDP-forming) activity

Term ID

GO:0016760

Synonyms

• 1,4-beta-D-glucan synthase activity
• 1,4-beta-glucan synthase activity
• beta-1,4-glucan synthase activity
• beta-1,4-glucan synthetase activity
• beta-1,4-glucosyltransferase activity
• beta-glucan synthase activity
• glucan synthase activity
• GS-I
• UDP-glucose-1,4-beta-glucan glucosyltransferase activity
• UDP-glucose-beta-D-glucan glucosyltransferase activity
• UDP-glucose-cellulose glucosyltransferase activity
• UDP-glucose:1,4-beta-D-glucan 4-beta-D-glucosyltransferase activity
• UDPglucose-beta-glucan glucosyltransferase activity
• UDPglucose-cellulose glucosyltransferase activity
• UDPglucose:1,4-beta-D-glucan 4-beta-D-glucosyltransferase activity
• uridine diphosphoglucose-1,4-beta-glucan glucosyltransferase activity
• uridine diphosphoglucose-cellulose glucosyltransferase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: UDP-glucose + ((1,4)-beta-D-glucosyl)(n) = UDP + ((1,4)-beta-D-glucosyl)(n+1). 2.4.1.12

References

• EC:2.4.1.12
• MetaCyc:CELLULOSE-SYNTHASE-UDP-FORMING-RXN
• RHEA:19929

Ontology

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